Jose Mourinho accepts 12 months prison sentence

Former Manchester United Coach, Jose Mourinho has accepted a 12 months prison sentence for tax fraud during his time at Real Madrid.

Mourinho was coach at Madrid from 2010 and 2013.

Spanish prosecuted alleged he committed the offence between 2011 and 2012.

The Portuguese signed the papers without argument, to pay a fine of about €2.2 million on Tuesday (February 5 2019).

In his words:

I did not answer, I did not argue. I paid and signed with the state that I am in compliance and case is closed.

Mourinho was accused of evading tax of about €3.3m on his image rights during the time he was coach at Real Madrid.

However, the former Red Devils coach will not spend any time in prison as his prison sentence was less than two years.